These stunning nostalgic pictures show the beginnings of London transport more than 100 years ago as key records of workers are published for the first tmie.

The wonderful sepia toned and black and white images show the capital anmd its public transport network in a very different light from today.

More than 35,000 registers have been put online by family history and consumer genomincs company Ancestry.

Digitised from original records held by Transport for London’s (TfL) Corporate Archives, the London Transport Staff Registers, 1863-1931 collection includes details of London’s transport staff members over a 68-year period that includes the First World War .

A female member of staff during the First World War. When Maida Vale station during the war it was staffed entirely by women (Image: TfL)

Among those listed in the released files are Hammersmith bus conductor Frederick James Bailey, who tragically lost his life in the Battle of the Somme during 1914-1918 conflict, and a soldier who worked in Acton.

The collection stems from the introduction of the world’s first underground railway – the Metropolitan Railway – in 1863, and also includes registers for the London General Omnibus Company (LGOC).

Across the collection, more than one hundred different occupations are recorded – from porter to platelayer and from cleaner to conductor, with some roles reserved for boys and young men, such as ‘"ad porter" or "signal box boy".

The war diary for his unit records a shortage of bombs, and also states: “As soon as the party left the trench they came under heavy machine gun fire and half...became casualties immediately.”

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Among the records are the women who worked as London transport staff grew during the war, while the men fought.

When Maida Vale Station opened on June 6 1915, it was the first station to be staffed entirely by women.

This continued until servicemen returning from war displaced them in 1919.

A list of of men who were killed in battle in the T.O.T staff magazine (Image: UGC TMS)

Ancestry’s senior content manager Miriam Silverman said: “These fascinating records help us remember the stories of the men and women who got Londoners from A to B every day, from the infancy of public transport in London in the 1800s to the early 20th Century.

“But they’re also a source of important historical information about the First World War, workplace diversity and the day-to-day lives of normal people.”

Following a long history of amalgamation and nationalisation, all Underground lines and London Buses became part of TfL , which was formed by the Greater London Authority Act, in 2000.

Wood Green Station (Image: London Transport Museum / TfL)

TfL corporate activist Tamara Thornhill said: “We are delighted that our historic staff records are now electronically available to researchers and genealogists around the world.

“These records shed light on how diverse our workforce has always been, the vital role that women have played and how both they and men worked to keep London moving.”

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